Wax-holder.



No. 817,275. PATENTED APR. 10, 1906. K. ROHRDANTZ.

WAX HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEIB.28,1905.

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WAX-HOLD|EW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed February 28,1905. Serial No. 247,710.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KArnnrNE ROHRDANTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented. new and. useful Improvements in. Wax Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to wax holders which are used for holding wax inapplying the same to sad-irons.

The object of this invention is the production of a wax holder having afastener whereby the same may be readily secured to a support withinconvenient reach of the operator, which fastener also serves as themeans for adjusting the wax in the holder as the wax is consumed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved wax-holder applied to the edge of an ironing board or table.Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same on an enlargedscale. Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 1 is a bottom plan viewthereof with the fastener removed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of thefastener.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

A represents the wax-cake, which is preferably of cylindrical form andarranged loosely within an inclosing receptacle or box B. The top ofthis box is closed by a covering C, of loosely-woven fabric or otheropenrnesh or porous material. This covering is lapped at its margin oredge downwardly around the outer side of the box and is held in place onthe same by a retaining band or ring I), which is slipped over thelapping edge of the covering and confines the latter frictionallybetween the outer side of the box and the inner side of said band.Centrally in its bottom a the box is provided with an opening 6, throughwhich projects the head F for adjusting the wax in the box. This head.bears at its upper end against the under side of the wax-cake, aprotecting disk or sheet 9 being preferably interposed between the un-,der side of the wax and the upper side of the adjusting-head, as shownin Fig. 2. At its lower end the adjusting-head is connected with a clampH, whereby the head. and the parts carried thereby may be detachablyconnected with the edge of an ironin board, table, or similar support I.This Setup is substantially U-shaped, and consists of upper and lowerhorizontal clamping-jaws h h, which are connected by a flexible bow orarch 72. and. the upper one of which carries the adjusting-head. Thefasteningclamp and adj usting-head are preferably constructed from asingle strip of spring metal, one end of which is bent upon itself toform the upper jaw, the lower jaw, and the bow of the clamp, while itsother end is bent in the form of a rectangular eye or loop, whichconstitutes the adjusting-head. and which consists of a straighthorizontal top f, a straight vertical side f connecting one end of thetop with the end. of the upper elamping-jaw, and a straight verticalsidef, extending from the opposite end of the top to the upper side ofthe upper clamping-jaw. The head of the fastener when thus constructedis non-circu lar or rectangular. The opening 6 in the bottom of-thewax-receiving box is made of the same non-circular or angular form asthe adj usting-head, which enters the same, thereby preventing theseparts from turning relatively to each other when assembled.

In the use of the wax-holder the jaws of the clamp are sprung apart andengaged with the edge of the ironing board or table within convenientreach of the operator, so that the adjusting-head is above the same, andthe wax-box is slipped with its bottom opening over the adjusting-head.until the upper end of the latter presses the waxcake firmly against thewoven covering, as shown in Fig. 2. The tension of the clamping-jaws isso adjusted that they grip the ironing-board sufficiently tight to holdthe fastener and wax-receptacle firmly in place thereon. The wax-holderis now ready for use, and. upon pressing the heated. sad-iron againstthe top of the fabric covering the wax underneath the same will melt andpass through the meshes of the same and coat the face of the sad-iron.As the wax-cake gradually melts down and becomes reduced in height bythe repeated application of the hot sad iron thereto the inclosin g boxis at the same time lowered on the cake and the adjusting-head by thesad-iron, which overhangs the waxcake and presses downward. on the upperedge of the box while engaging the covered wax. Inasmuch as the boxcontaining the wax is incapable of turning on the adjusting head the waxand its support remain stationary, thereby permitting the sad-iron to befreely turned on the wax for applying the desired coat of wax over thesurface of the sad iron without liability of displacing the wax and itsholder.

In addition to securing the wax to the ironing board or table the clampmay serve to fasten the usual cloth J to the ironing-board, which isused for cleaning or wiping the sadiron, this cloth being preferablyclasped between the upper side of the ironing-board and the upper jaw ofthe clamp, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

I claim as my invention 1. A Wax-holder comprising a wax-receptaclehaving an opening in its bottom, and means for fastening said receptacleto a support and adjusting the wax in the same, comprising a clampconstructed to grip a support and carrying a head which enters saidopening and bears against the wax in the recepta cle, substantially asset forth.

2. 'A wax-holder comprising a wax-receptacle having an opening in itsbottom, and means for fastening said receptacle to a support andadjusting the wax in the same, comprising a pair of connectedspring-jaws adapted to grip a support and ahead arranged on one of saidjaws and entering the opening in said receptacle, substantially as setforth.

3. A wax-holder comprising a wax-receptacle having an opening in itsbottom, a disk arranged loosely in the receptacle underneath the cake ofwax, and an attachingclamp for the receptacle having an adjusting headextending through said opening and not affixed to said disk,substantially as set forth.

4. A device for securing a wax-receptacle to a support and adjusting thewax in the receptacle, consisting of a continuous strip of metal whichhas one end bent to form upper and lower clamping-jaws and a bowconnecting corresponding ends of said jaws while its opposite end isbent to form a rectangular head consisting of a flat top, a straightside connecting one end of the top with the upper jaw and anotherstraight side extending from the opposite end of said top toward saidupper jaw, substantially as set forth.

WVitness my hand this 10th day of February, 1905.

KATHRINE ROHRDANTZ. Witnesses:

THEO. L. PoPP, EMMA M. GRAHAM.

